Alter / Altar is artist Aisling Conroy's response to the current climate of transition, universal unrest and shift in the collective consciousness - enjoy a gallery above.
In this new work, the artist attempts to create types of multi-hyphenated worlds that glean and appropriate ideas from her ongoing interest in Eastern and Western philosophies.
Conroy seeks to compare these multihyphenates to the new multi-hyphenated ways in which we now live, taking on numerous roles and titles often necessary to survive and advance. These new ways can often create chaos, fragmentation and even darkness before they manifest into something more transformative.
The artist's process is intuitive, repetitive and ritualistic, constructing paintings that could be interpreted as a type of incantation to past lives and new beginnings.
Alter / Altar runs at the The Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin, until 02 October 2021 - find out more here.
